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Moon of asteroid Didymos
with other astronomers worldwide. Dimorphos has a diameter of 177 meters (581 ft) across its longest extent. Dimorphos is the smallest asteroid to be photographed
Dimorphos
2021 NASA planetary defense mission
ejecta after the Dimorphos flyby. LICIACube is equipped with two optical cameras, dubbed LUKE and LEIA. The spacecraft hit Dimorphos in the direction
Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Test
Bodies orbiting within the main asteroid belt which have shown cometary activity
and deformation of Dimorphos's shape, leaving an impact crater several tens of meters in diameter. The impact has likely sent Dimorphos into a chaotically
Active_asteroid
Minor planet found within the inner Solar System
in 2021, was intentionally crashed into the non-threatening asteroid Dimorphos in September 2022 as a test of planetary defense technology. NASA's Psyche
Asteroid
Near-Earth asteroid
B comes from the word "Dimorphos", Greek for "having two forms". The meaning of the name represents how the form of Dimorphos's orbit will change after
65803_Didymos
Planetary defence spacecraft developed by the ESA
characteristics, internal porosity, and internal structure. The entire moon Dimorphos will be mapped with a spatial resolution of a few meters and the vicinity
Hera_(space_mission)
American space and aeronautics agency
SpaceX Falcon 9 from California on a trajectory designed to impact the Dimorphos asteroid. Scientists were seeking to determine whether an impact could
NASA
Italian cubesat aboard DART spacecraft (2022)
Dimorphos Impact". NASA. Retrieved 25 September 2022. A. Hume (24 September 2022). "DART's Small Satellite Companion Tests Camera Prior to Dimorphos Impact"
LICIACube
Proposed asteroid space missions
of Dimorphos. It will operate for 3–6 months near the asteroid. At the end of its mission, it will attempt a landing on the surface of Dimorphos to obtain
AIDA (international space cooperation)
AIDA_(international_space_cooperation)
Methods to prevent destructive asteroid hits
Planetary Defense Conference. In 2022, NASA spacecraft DART impacted Dimorphos, reducing the minor-planet moon's orbital period by 32 minutes. This mission
Asteroid_impact_avoidance
Calendar year
(November 24, 2021). "Nasa Dart asteroid spacecraft: Mission to smack Dimorphos space rock launches". BBC News. Archived from the original on January
2021
Layer of loose, superficial deposits covering solid rock
close-up images of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impact on Dimorphos and the resulting dusty ejecta helped clarify how loose surface materia
Regolith
been used for: 162173 Ryugu § Saxa 101955 Bennu § IAU named features Dimorphos § Surface Saxum is the Latin word for a rock. The feature name was introduced
Saxum
System of two asteroids orbiting their common center of mass
Binary near-Earth asteroid 65803 Didymos and its moon Dimorphos imaged by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft
Binary_asteroid
Small Solar System body with an orbit that can bring it close to Earth
reached the system of 65803 Didymos and impacted the Apollo asteroid's moon Dimorphos, in a test of a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects
Near-Earth_object
Potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid in the Apollo group
photographed and visited by a spacecraft prior to the DART mission to Dimorphos in 2022. Itokawa was discovered on 26 September 1998 by astronomers with
25143_Itokawa
Redirection Test demonstrates capabilities on asteroid (65803) Didymos I Dimorphos. November 2: Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement. November 11: The FTX cryptocurrency
Timeline_of_the_21st_century
One hundred years, from 2001 to 2100
comet in 2005, and a dwarf planet in 2015. In 2022, an asteroid's moon (Dimorphos, orbiting Didymos) was impacted by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test
21st_century
European organisation dedicated to space exploration
Mars in 2025 on its way to perform a post-impact survey of the asteroid Dimorphos which had been impacted by NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission
European_Space_Agency
Prediction of the dates and times of asteroids impacting Earth
called Dimorphos with the help of the DART spacecraft. Following a ten-month journey to the Didymos system, the impactor collided with Dimorphos on 26
Asteroid_impact_prediction
110±20 Apollo asteroid type S Hathor 2340 105±0.015 Aten asteroid type S Dimorphos Didymos I 85±15 asteroid moon of 65803 Didymos Cardea 164207 81.5 Apollo
List of Solar System objects by size
List_of_Solar_System_objects_by_size
Collision of two astronomical objects
101955 Bennu and 2022 Double Asteroid Redirection Test on Dimorphos. Observations show that Dimorphos lost approximately 1 million kilograms of mass and had
Impact_event
Calendar year
government since 1945. September 26 NASA's DART crashes into the asteroid Dimorphos in a first test of potential planetary defense. The Nord Stream pipeline
2022
This year also saw the impact of Double Asteroid Redirection Test on Dimorphos marking the first time a planetary defense technique is tested, NASA's
2022_in_spaceflight
asteroid. First spacecraft to make contact with an asteroid moon (impact on Dimorphos). USA (NASA) DART 23 August 2023 First landing at the lunar south polar
Timeline_of_space_exploration
Landing technique
the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), when a probe crashed into Dimorphos to test lithobraking as a method of planetary defense. Lithobraking while
Lithobraking
List of deliberate crash landings on extraterrestrial bodies
DART at Dimorphos
List of spacecraft intentionally crashed into extraterrestrial bodies
List_of_spacecraft_intentionally_crashed_into_extraterrestrial_bodies
University-affiliated research center
launched and on 26 September 2022 deliberately impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, measurably shortening its orbital period around Didymos by about 33 minutes—the
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory
Near-Earth asteroid
Test (DART), another asteroid-deflecting mission which collided with Dimorphos "2015 XF261". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 November 2025.{{cite web}}:
2015_XF261
European Space Agency program
NEO's impact created by NASA's DART mission using 65803 Didymos's moon (Dimorphos) as a target Draco, launching in 2027 – small space capsule monitoring
Space_Safety_Programme
Collision involving one or more satellites in orbit
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was intentionally collided with Dimorphos, a moon of the asteroid 65803 Didymos on 26 September 2022. Satellite
Satellite_collision
and 17 between 1971 and 1972. In 2022, the DART impactor crashed into Dimorphos, the minor-planet moon of the asteroid Didymos, with the explicit purpose
Discovery and exploration of the Solar System
Discovery_and_exploration_of_the_Solar_System
DART NASA 26 September 2022 flyby/impactor success kinetic impactor of Dimorphos to test planetary defense 2021-110A LICIACube ASI 26 September 2022
List_of_Solar_System_probes
Natural satellite of a minor planet
– 3.8 31.32 BIN JPL LoMP 65803 Didymos AMO 0.77 0.22 1996 0.75 2.259 Dimorphos S/2003 (65803) 1 2003 0.177 – 1.18 11.8992 BIN JPL LoMP (66063) 1998 RO1
Minor-planet_moon
Northeast of Adiri Huygens heat shield Unknown Huygens parachute Unknown Dimorphos Double Asteroid Redirection Test impactor 570 kg (1,260 lb) NASA/JHUAPL
List of artificial objects on extraterrestrial surfaces
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NEO's impact created by NASA's DART mission using 65803 Didymos's moon (Dimorphos) as a target Draco, launching in 2027, future – small space capsule monitoring
List of European Space Agency programmes and missions
List_of_European_Space_Agency_programmes_and_missions
492 September 11, 1999 DART/LICIACube 2022 1.2 3.2 Impactor/flyby Moon Dimorphos impacted by DART spacecraft, flown by LICIACube 152830 Dinkinesh 0.790
List_of_exceptional_asteroids
Italian aerospace engineering company
capture images of the impact between the DART spacecraft and the asteroid Dimorphos. LICIACube is based on the HAWK platform and measures approximately 30
Argotec
impact of NASA's DART mission as part of this first deflection test of Dimorphos that happened on 26 September 2022. The European mission will therefore
Patrick_Michel
Risk-listed near-Earth asteroid
Crater in Arizona 50,000 years ago. 2024 YR4 is significantly smaller than Dimorphos, the impact target of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) in
2024_YR4
NEO's impact created by NASA's DART mission using 65803 Didymos's moon (Dimorphos) as a target. Successfully launched on 7 October 2024 on a Falcon 9 launch
Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
Timeline_of_artificial_satellites_and_space_probes
NASA space probe launched in 2005
Asteroid Redirection Test – Similar mission that impacted the asteroid Dimorphos to study the effect of impact on asteroid trajectory Lunar Crater Observation
Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)
Italian aerospace entrepreneur and engineer
Space Agency that photographed the aftermath of NASA's DART impact on Dimorphos. ArgoMoon: a satellite built by Argotec and launched on the Artemis 1
David_Avino
Active main belt asteroid
multiple outbursts with tails morphologically similar to the ejecta from Dimorphos following the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. The first
6478_Gault
Topics referred to by the same term
Bolivia and Peru 65803 Didymos, an asteroid forming a twin pair with Dimorphos (the target of the DART mission) Search for "didymus" on Wikipedia. The
Didymus
Type of spacecraft
asteroid. The DART spacecraft impacted asteroid 65803 Didymos's moon Dimorphos in 2022, and the Hera spacecraft will arrive in 2027 to investigate the
Lander_(spacecraft)
Robotic astronomical survey and early warning system
near-miss asteroid Photographed ejecta from NASA's DART impact on asteroid Dimorphos AT2022aedm explosion in an elliptical host galaxy 2024 YR4, an asteroid
Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System
Asteroid_Terrestrial-impact_Last_Alert_System
Redirection Test (DART) mission was successful in its ultimate goal. Dimorphos was knocked out of its orbit by thirty-two minutes, much more than the
2022_in_the_United_States
collected sample from surface. Sample returned to Earth on 24 September 2023 Dimorphos Double Asteroid Redirection Test USA 26 September 2022 Intentional hard
List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies
List_of_landings_on_extraterrestrial_bodies
American comic strip by Tom Batiuk
storyline, it is revealed the launched grill hit the diverted asteroid Dimorphos, which ends up altering its course again to where the asteroid is projected
Crankshaft_(comic_strip)
characterising in details the asteroid (65803) Didymos and its natural satellite Dimorphos, and also analysing the artificial impact created by the American space
Stephan_Ulamec
Physical presence of human activity in outer space
The Moon 218,829 36,181 Ryugu 18.5 ? Saturn 2,150 2,289.75 Tempel 1 370 2.5 Titan 319 372 Venus 22,642 201,256 Dimorphos 570 ? Total 259,073 613,725+
Human_presence_in_space
its moon being the kinetic impact target to test asteroid deflection Dimorphos 65803 Didymos I 0.16 2003 DART / LICIACube 2022 landed landed Moon of
List of minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft
List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft
Overview of the events of 2022 in science
C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) 81P/Wild C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Space exploration DART (Dimorphos impact; September 2022) Outer space portal Category:2021 in outer space
January–March_2022_in_science
LICIACube 24 November 2021 Asteroid 65803 Didymos flyby, asteroid moon Dimorphos impactor James Webb Space Telescope 25 December 2021 Infrared space telescope
Timeline of Solar System exploration
Timeline_of_Solar_System_exploration
Retrieved November 24, 2021. "Nasa Dart asteroid spacecraft: Mission to smack Dimorphos space rock launches". BBC News. November 24, 2021. Retrieved November
2021_in_the_United_States
Patroclus on 2 March 2033. 14 SSE 1 DART 24 November 2021 Falcon 9 NASA Dimorphos Impactor Successful LICIACube ASI 65803 Didymos system Flyby Successful
List of missions to minor planets
List_of_missions_to_minor_planets
Redirection Test (DART) Dimorphos 24 November 2021 26 November 2022 impacted Impactor spacecraft that crashed into the minor-planet moon Dimorphos, deployed flyby
List of interplanetary voyages
List_of_interplanetary_voyages
traveled to 65803 Didymos and impacted its small asteroid satellite, Dimorphos. 24 November 13:06:35 Soyuz-2.1b Baikonur Site 31/6 Roscosmos Progress
List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2021
List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July–December_2021
aim to measure impact results of the NASA's DART mission on satellite Dimorphos, part of the double asteroid (65803) Didymos. Hera will also characterize
NEO-MAPP
Overview of the events of 2023 in science
Masatoshi; et al. (April 2023). "Ejecta from the DART-produced active asteroid Dimorphos". Nature. 616 (7957): 452–456. arXiv:2303.01700. Bibcode:2023Natur.616
January–March_2023_in_science
Division of NASA
plan, opting to continue solely with DART. DART successfully impacted Dimorphos, the moon of asteroid 65803 Didymos, on September 26, 2022. Two Europa
Planetary Missions Program Office
Planetary_Missions_Program_Office
Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft mission intentionally crashed into Dimorphos, the minor-planet moon of the asteroid Didymos, deviating (slightly) the
Timeline of Solar System astronomy
Timeline_of_Solar_System_astronomy
closest approach to Earth since 1963. NASA's DART crashes into the asteroid Dimorphos in a first test of potential planetary defense. Success of path alteration
2022_in_science
Retrieved 13 December 2021. "Nasa Dart asteroid spacecraft: Mission to smack Dimorphos space rock launches". BBC News. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November
2021_in_science
a metallic asteroid. Hera, Milani and Juventas ESA 65803 Didymos and Dimorphos 11 December 2026 (planned) enroute studying effects of DART's impact on
List of extraterrestrial orbiters
List_of_extraterrestrial_orbiters
Binary near-Earth asteroid
study the effects of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test impact on Dimorphos, a moon of 65803 Didymos. Michel stated that his naming proposal aimed
326732_Nice
Asteroid
C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) 81P/Wild C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Space exploration DART (Dimorphos impact; September 2022) Outer space portal Category:2021 in outer space
2022_YG
Near-Earth asteroid
C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) 81P/Wild C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Space exploration DART (Dimorphos impact; September 2022) Outer space portal Category:2021 in outer space
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Welsh name derived from the word caru, CARYS means "love."
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